When you’re field dressing a deer in fading light or cramped inside a blind, your knife isn’t for show—it’s a tool that has to perform. The steel, edge retention, and handle design matter far more ...

Even amateur home cooks know that there can be a significant difference in performance from one knife to another. This can be due to the knife shape, the sharpness, age, or even the type of steel it's ...

“There definitely is a performance difference — it’s quantifiable,” says Martin Mills, who manages Benchmade’s technology center. The knife industry judges steel based on traits like corrosion ...

I wholeheartedly believe in the adage “you get what you pay for,” but when it comes to EDC, multitools, and pocket knives, I couldn’t be less certain as to what it was I was actually paying for. In ...

Does the steel your knife blade is made from really matter, or is it mostly marketing so companies can help you lighten your wallet? The answer is… Yes. Yes, knife steel is important, and yes, there ...

Ever wondered how one pocket knife can cost $20, and another $200? It almost always comes down to the materials used to make it, and the defining ingredient in any knife is the steel that constitutes ...

This story originally featured on Field & Stream. Steel is an alloy that most of us take for granted. In its simplest form, it’s a mix of iron and carbon. But there are a lot of other elements in ...